Changelog for the Login as User - Joomla! component | Web357
Changelog for the Login as User - Joomla! component
v3.7.207-Sep-2025
Added
**Bypass MFA Parameter**: Added configurable option to bypass Multi-Factor Authentication captive screens when administrators use the Login as User functionality. The feature is disabled by default to maintain security standards. Administrators can enable this through plugin settings when needed for customer support or troubleshooting purposes. More details and screenshot here: https://docs.web357.com/article/122-does-login-as-user-functionality-works-with-multi-factor-authentication
v3.7.115-Apr-2025
Fixed
fix: Apply custom translated text for "Login as User" button in VirtueMart.
Removed
feat: Remove dependency on Joomla! Backward compatibility plugin.
v3.7.003-Apr-2025
Fixed
Fixed an IDN conversion error in the Login As User email subject caused by special characters (e.g., angle quotes « »), which previously triggered a “Prohibited input U+00000020” error during login attempts.
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.6.931-Jan-2025
Fixed
Fixed missing language string translations in Joomla 3.10.12 [Many thanks to Glen Hayhurst and Adam Mikes].
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.6.813-Nov-2024
Changed
The language files de-DE, el-GR, en-GB, fr-FR, and nl-NL have been updated.
Fixed
Compatible with Web357 Framework v1.9.5.
v3.6.727-Sep-2024
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] The "Login as User" button is now displayed in the Membership PRO Subscriptions and Subscribers page.
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] Class 'LoginasuserHelper' not found /plugins/system/loginasuser/com_users_helper_files/joomla_com_users/j3-default.php:271
Changed
The language files de-DE, el-GR, en-GB, fr-FR, nl-NL have been updated with new constants.
Changed
The showFooter is now managed individually for each extension.
Changed
Enhanced: Added a validation to check for the presence of the Web357 Framework System Plugin. Displays an informative message if the plugin is missing.
Removed
Removed: Header comments from .ini language files for cleaner code.
Added
Fully compatible with Membership Pro Joomla! Extension version 4.0.0
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.6.628-Jun-2024
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] Fatal Error: Call to a member function getWebAssetManager() on null, issue with J2Store component has been resolved. [Thank you, Graemezee]
Changed
[Deprecated Warnings] Improved part of code to avoid deprecated dynamic property creation by explicitly declaring and initializing class properties.
Changed
The [de-DE] German language has been improved. [Thank you, Andy Marchand]
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.6.519-Apr-2024
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] After updating to version 3.6.4 the following error occurred when I editing a user account in the backend: Uncaught ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined at script.min.js. var jQueryWeb357 = jQuery.noConflict(); Page stays empty. [Thank you, Marc Pradel]
Changed
[Improvement] Display a warning message to administrators to inform them when "Track Session Metadata" is disabled, essential for "Login as User" functionality. [Thank you, Marcin Kliński]
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.6.417-Apr-2024
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] Fix PHP errors with "default_batch_footer not found error" when visiting the Manage Users page after upgrade to Joomla! Version 5.1
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.6.327-Jan-2024
Added
Added full compatibility with Joomla! 5.
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] Added error handling for email sending to prevent page crashes when admin disables email functionality.
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.6.226-Jul-2023
Added
[Improvement (J4)] The "Login as User" column is now able to be hidden or visible. [Screenshot: https://bit.ly/login-as-user-column-visibility]
Fixed
[Bug Fixed (only in J4)] The "Login as User" button in the User's list (com_user) is now displayed the correct column.
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.6.110-Jul-2023
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] The plugin settings are not save on the tab "Assign multiple Admins to specific User Groups".
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] Uncaught ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined, for the file "/media/plg_system_web357framework/js/script.min.js"
Fixed
[Bug Fixed (only in J4)] The "Login as User" button in the User's list (com_user) was in the wrong column.
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.6.007-Jun-2023
Changed
[Improvement] Styling improvements into the HikaShop component [Thank you, Brian Mitchell]
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.5.1011-May-2023
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] Fully compatible with the OS Membership PRO v3.3.2
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.5.907-Dec-2022
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] Community Builder: Call to a member function getWebAssetManager() on null.
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.5.821-Sep-2022
Added
[Improvement] At the HikaShop component, in the Orders and Customers list, the "Login as a User" button should not be displayed if the User doesn't exist. Maybe the user has been requested account deletion, or it was a guest checkout. [Thank you, Brian Mitchell]
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.5.701-Sep-2022
Fixed
[Bug Fixed on PHP 8.1]: Deprecated: rawurlencode(): Passing null to parameter #1 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /plugins/system/loginasuser/com_users_helper_files/joomla_com_users/j4-default-edit.php
Fixed
[Bug Fixed on Joomla! 4.2.1] After Login as a User, you've get the error "0 Class "JError" not found."
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.5.601-Sep-2022
Fixed
Bug Fixed: Joomla! 4.2.x, There is no "com_users.two-factor-switcher" asset of a "script" type in the registry.
v3.5.511-Jun-2022
Added
[New Parameter] Show or hide the success message which displayed at the frontend when an Admin has been successfully logged in as a User. [Screenshots: https://bit.ly/show-success-message-example, https://bit.ly/show-success-message-param] [Thank you, Milan]
Changed
[Improvement] The default value of URL redirection parameter, has been changed from "index.php?option=com_users&view=profile" to "index.php?logged_in_as_a_user=success".
Changed
[Language] The language files [en-GB, nl-NL] have been updated.
Fixed
[UX] Do not show the login as user button when you're on the 'Create New User' page.
Fixed
[Membership PRO] We now load a specific version of jQuery to avoid conflicts with Joomla's jQuery version. [Thank you, Eric Vanbok]
Fixed
[Bug on J4] If a user has not yet logged in, the value of "Last Visit Date" is wrong. Instead of the string "Never", the current date-time is displayed. [Thank you, Emeric Wilmet]
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.5.424-May-2022
Added
[New Parameter] Allowed User Groups. Choose the User Groups that will be able to login as any User. Default is 'Administrators' and 'Super Administrators'. Screenshot: https://bit.ly/allowed-joomla-user-groups
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.5.308-Apr-2022
Added
[New Feature] Fully compatible with the Phoca Cart. A new "Login as User" button has been added to the "Orders" and the "Customers" pages.
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements in older templates of VirtueMart.
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] The tab "Assign multiple Admins to specific User Groups" is displayed twice.
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.5.230-Mar-2022
Added
[New Feature] Fully compatible with the HikaShop. A new "Login as User" button has been added to the "Orders" and the "Customers" pages.
Added
[New Feature] Fully compatible with the J2Store. A new "Login as User" button has been added to the "Orders" and the "Customers" pages, under the Sales menu.
Added
[New Feature] Fully compatible with the OS Membership PRO. A new "Login as User" button has been added to the "Subscriptions" and the "Subscribers" pages.
Added
[New Feature] Fully compatible with the Community Builder. A new "Login as User" button has been added to the "User Management" page.
Added
[New Feature] Fully compatible with the VirtueMart. A new "Login as User" button has been added to the "Orders" and the "Shoppers" pages.
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] The parameter field in plugin settings "Assign multiple Admins to specific User Groups" is blank in version Joomla! 4.1 [Thank you, Nathan Bradshaw]
Added
[Watchful Partnership] Watchful.net Supports Updates for Web357's Joomla! Extensions. An input field for entering the "Web357 Download key" has been added to the Watchful.net https://bit.ly/web357-download-key-in-watchful
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.5.129-Dec-2021
Added
[New Feature] You can now login as a user inside the User's edit page, at Joomla! backend, while editing the user's details. [Screenshot: https://bit.ly/joomla-user-edit-page-screenshot]
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.5.006-Oct-2021
Added
Fully compatible with Joomla! 4
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.4.222-Mar-2021
Fixed
Minor fixes and improvements.
v3.4.104-Sep-2020
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] JoomGallery photos are not displayed properly after enabling the Login as a User plugin. [Thank you, Yanco M. Nilyus]
v3.4.020-Feb-2020
Added
[New parameter] URL Redirection type (after login as a User). Enter the URL, or choose a Menu Item that the Admin will be redirected, to the front-end, after a successful login as a specific User.
Added
[New parameter] Display the «Username» or «Name» on the button. You can now choose which string will be displayed on the "Login as User" button. For example "Login as «john357»" (Username), or "Login as «Yiannis Christodoulou»" (Name).
Added
[New parameter] Show only the first X characters of the «Username/Name». Show only the first X characters of the Username/Name, on the "Login as...«Username/Name»" button. For example, if you choose the option 5 (the five first characters of the string), the button will be displayed as "Login as «john3...»" if the username is "john357", or it will be displayed as "Login as «Yiann...»" if the name is "Yiannis Christodoulou".
Fixed
Minor fixes and code improvements.
v3.3.523-Dec-2019
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] When a User Group name has special characters in the title, like the French string "Enregistré", then there is a bug with the error message: "An error has occurred. 500 String could not be parsed as XML." [Many thanks to Jean Machuron]
v3.3.409-Dec-2019
Changed
[Improvement] You are able to translate the "Login as User" column, by set a value to the constant "COM_LOGINASUSER". [Thank you, Milan]
v3.3.314-Jun-2019
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] If a usergroup's name has special characters like the (&) symbol, an error message is displayed: (500 String could not be parsed as XML) and the Admins cannot view and edit the plugin parameters. [Many thanks to Simon Logan]
v3.3.210-Apr-2019
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] There was a PHP max_execution_time error (30sec). This only affects MySQL databases where the #__users table exceeds the 100.000 users. [Thank you, Mike]
v3.3.112-Dec-2018
Fixed
[Bug Fixed] Error after upgrading to Joomla! 3.9.x. 404 View not found [name, type, prefix]: users, html, loginasuserView. [Thank you, Serge]
Changed
Minor Improvements
v3.3.009-Aug-2018
Added
Fully compatible with Joomla! 4.x
Added
Compatible with the latest version of Web357 Framework v1.7.x
Changed
Code Cleanup.
Fixed
Minor bug fixes and many improvements.
v3.2.116-Mar-2018
Fixed
BUG FIXED: Notice: Undefined variable: is_enabled_arr in /administrator/components/com_loginasuser/views/users/tmpl/default.php on line 102
Fixed
BUG FIXED: Warning: array_sum() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in /administrator/components/com_loginasuser/views/users/tmpl/default.php on line 102
Changed
The Demo and the JED link have been updated in the description tab, at Joomla! backend.
Removed
The Web357 Download ID parameter field has been deleted from each extension settings and has been replaced by a unique API key parameter field at the Web357 Framework plugin settings.
Added
A new button (Settings) has been added to the description tab at Joomla! backend.
Changed
Compatible with the latest version (1.6.0) of Web357 framework plugin.
v3.2.015-Dec-2017
Fixed
NEW FEATURE: Assign multiple Admins to specific User Groups. Choose the Admins who can use the LOGIN AS USER functionality for a specific User Group. Leave the field blank if you want to allow every Admin to log in as any user in this user group. [Many thanks to Gerry, for his suggestion]
Fixed
The login as user plugin works properly in Joomla! 2.5.x but the above new feature is not working.
Fixed
The core files from com_user have been replaced with the latest version of Joomla! 3.8.x series.
Fixed
Minor bug fixes and many improvements.
v3.1.308-Oct-2017
Fixed
Compatible with Easy Profile extension package by easy-profile.com. [Many thanks to Jean Marc Niklaus]
v3.1.205-Jul-2017
Fixed
Bug fixed after upgrade to J! 3.7.3. The admins can't enter text in the form fields from the plugin parameters.
Fixed
Web357 framework has been updated to the version 1.4.5.
v3.1.113-May-2017
Added
Compatibility for auto-updates via Watchful.li external service. [Many thanks to Valentin Barbu, Rafael Gaus, and Frank].
Added
Compatible with the latest version of Web357 Framework v1.4.3.
Changed
If the JED link does not exist yet, do not display the 'leave a review' text inside the plugin parameters.
v3.1.026-Apr-2017
Added
Compatibility with Joomla! 3.7
Removed
End of support Joomla! 2.5.x. Note that the version 3.1+ of Login as User is not available anymore for Joomla! 2.5 series. DO NOT install this version if your Joomla! is not up to date, at least to the latest series of Joomla!.
Fixed
Minor bug fixes after upgrade to Joomla! 3.7
v3.0.608-Dec-2016
Added
The [nl-NL] Dutch (Belgium) language has been added (Many thanks to Henk Gordebeke for his contribution).
v3.0.529-Jun-2016
Fixed
BUG Fixed: The "Download ID" is missing from the plugin parameters, but exists in the component parameters. You can now enter your download ID, in the component parameters, either in the plugin parameters. Each one submission, or both of them, are correct.
v3.0.412-May-2016
Fixed
BUG Fixed: The error messages about the download ID, during the update of other Web357 extensions, have been resolved and have been removed.
Fixed
BUG Fixed: If the sh404sef extension is installed on your website, the URL redirections after login as a user redirects you to a 404 error page.
v3.0.314-Apr-2016
Fixed
Bug Fixed: An error 404 (0 - Invalid address) is displayed after upgrading to Joomla! 3.5.1, after clicking on the link "Login as _username_". [Thank you, Lisa Keyser]
v3.0.208-Dec-2015
Fixed
Minor bug fixes after the latest upgrade from v3.0.1
v3.0.107-Dec-2015
Changed
Updated description.
Changed
Updated translations.
v3.0.018-Nov-2015
Added
ACL supported.
Fixed
Bug fixed: 500 Error. The function onAfterInitialise() is changed to onAfterDispatch().
Changed
Managers and Admins are not authorized to log in as Super User.
Added
NEW Parameter Field: Custom CSS style. You can add your personal CSS style. Find the classes by right click on the text, and then inspect element (browser option).
Added
NEW Parameter Field: Displayed text. You can change the "Login as User" text.
Added
Compatible with 'ExtendedReg' Joomla! Plugin, of jVitals Team.
Fixed
Minor bug fixes and clean up some code.
v2.1.413-Nov-2015
Added
NEW Parameter Field: Download ID. You need to specify your Download ID before you can receive updates for the PRO versions. For more information please follow our instructions here: https://www.web357.com/apikey
Fixed
Minor bug fixes.
v2.1.330-Oct-2015
Fixed
BUG Fixed: Fatal error: Class 'JControllerAdmin' not found in \administrator\components\com_loginasuser\controllers\users.php on line 30
v2.1.219-Aug-2015
Added
New Parameter: Choose the login system, Joomla! core or K2. If you select K2, note that the parameter 'Enable K2 User Profile' in K2 settings must be enabled. The default option is 'Joomla'.
v2.1.126-May-2015
Fixed
Warning and Notice messages do not display anymore.
v2.1.018-May-2015
Added
Component has been added.
v2.0.023-Apr-2015
Added
Compatible with "Web357Framework" (Joomla! system plugin).
Changed
Improvement design for parameter fields (better radio buttons and color pickers).
Added
ADMIN: New Element: Description of extension (buttons: view demo, more details, changelog, support).
Added
ADMIN: New Element: Version Check.
Added
ADMIN: New Element: About Web357 (logo, description, find us on social media).
Fixed
General minor fixes.
Fixed
Clean and code improvement.
v1.1.024-Mar-2015
Fixed
BUG Fixed: "JFile: :copy:" in Joomla! 3.4.1.
Added
New parameter field: "Admin's Email".
Added
New parameter field: "URL Redirect after Login".
Changed
After plugin installation redirects you on Users Manager page.
Added
CSS added in Users Manager page to give a style to the "Login as User" phrase.
Changed
The head link "Login as User" in Users Manager page, has now a sort order link.
